Biogeographic subregion 2013 wetland system extents

Definition of biogeographic subregion

based on wetland mapping version 6.0

2013 wetland system extent by biogeographic subregion
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Biogeographic subregion	Total area (ha)	Wetland area by system								Total wetland area (ha)
		artificial and highly modified	intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural)	intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (slightly modified)	lacustrine (natural)	lacustrine (slightly modified)	palustrine (natural)	palustrine (slightly modified)	riverine
Total	173,140,542	306,753	1,146,637	3,956	514,453	37,457	2,830,796	79,900	2,434,878	7,354,831
Alice Tableland	2,866,760	409			19,289	109	42,143	424	25,478	87,853
Anakie Inlier	382,284	654				82	104	9	3,277	4,127
Arcadia	715,288	1,967			2,969	603	2,653	258	5,543	13,992
Armraynald Plains	1,589,437	808	1,451		22	445	34,766	726	54,499	92,717
Atherton	177,037	1,734			147	5	365	183	813	3,247
Banana - Auburn Ranges	1,547,555	4,077				3	125	76	14,678	18,958
Barakula	1,301,712	641			1,009	558	637	81	5,581	8,508
Barkly Tableland	2,180,576	166				82	17,483	151	29,497	47,378
Basalt Downs	1,274,731	17,528				319	231	14	11,290	29,383
Battle Camp Sandstones	504,564	9	1,220				769		4,940	6,938
Bellenden Ker - Lamb	271,116	2,390	102		6	< 1	771		915	4,184
Belyando Downs	1,772,127	4,682				1,688	5,508	580	23,378	35,835
Beucazon Hills	95,821	128				67	98		3,614	3,907
Bogie River Hills	1,054,731	3,465	2,897	57		259	292	587	27,985	35,543
Boomer Range	220,541	159				19	10	16	1,515	1,720
Brisbane - Barambah Volcanics	806,778	14,204				8	297	14	11,068	25,592
Broken River	3,309,590	5,636			874	631	5,929	136	130,702	143,907
Buckland Basalts	281,306	1				2	116		1,048	1,166
Bulloo	619,042	10			18,731		110,365	3	5,496	134,604
Bulloo Dunefields	1,077,211	55			22,958	54	24,319	30	2,629	50,043
Burnett - Curtis Coastal Lowlands	706,909	6,718	17,702	17	13	1,404	26,799	655	10,648	63,956
Burnett - Curtis Hills and Ranges	1,031,742	9,163	31,999	31		2,203	4,050	148	13,754	61,348
Burringbar - Conondale Ranges	535,409	10,108	207	4		187	2,034	142	6,841	19,524
Byfield	128,140	17	163				2,711	< 1	3,443	6,334
Callide Creek Downs	301,303	1,315			25	2	676	56	2,017	4,090
Cape - Campaspe Plains	1,007,026	649			696	169	4,615	401	36,865	43,395
Cape River Hills	747,993	23,166			11	70	382	10	17,007	40,645
Cape York - Torres Strait	102,098	92	26,488		2		785		816	28,182
Carnarvon Ranges	2,263,686	187			755	208	670	33	6,101	7,954
Central Downs	9,378,817	2,870				1,370	5,086	61	23,736	33,123
Claraville Plains	3,738,013	174				12	70,646	466	53,293	124,591
Clarke - Connors Ranges	631,989	1,683	71			< 1	87	6	5,091	6,938
Claude River Downs	1,026,214	889			90	321	544	26	9,816	11,686
Coastal Plains	288,595	5	62,138				23,029		350	85,522
Coen - Yambo Inlier	2,313,476	201	14,372		12	4	6,311		28,633	49,533
Coongie	5,724				41		53		884	978
Cooper - Diamantina Plains	3,437,773	67			76,962	6	995,497	35	70,353	1,142,919
Culgoa - Bokhara	420,325	25,745			9	107	1,932	453	7,751	35,998
Cuttaburra - Paroo	644,047	35			18,296	4	52,512	529	599	71,976
Daintree - Bloomfield	358,119	103	5,370	12		10	2,654	1	3,149	11,300
Dawson River Downs	982,807	4,521			145	665	2,801	794	5,748	14,675
Debella	81,531	4,028	4,012			< 1	225	58	1,943	10,266
Dieri	259,083	1			5,384		2,772		1,123	9,280
Donors Plateau	2,449,964	2,335	9,239		302	817	21,106	173	55,817	89,789
Doomadgee Plains	1,684,750	55	534			18	22,766	6	18,634	42,013
Dulacca Downs	162,442	386				157	10	17	104	673
Eastern Darling Downs	1,698,060	11,163			66	392	1,780	466	6,267	20,135
Eastern Mulga Plains	1,563,269	475			405	179	13,112	146	404	14,721
Flinders	435,263	238				41	177	7	6,451	6,914
Georgetown - Croydon	1,041,407	1,219				355	340	38	23,858	25,810
Georgina - Eyre Plains	1,212,759	4			21,571	< 1	318,732	18	52,216	392,542
Georgina Limestone	1,437,914	170			516	43	9,141		8,515	18,385
Gilberton Plateau	1,403,937	200			782	15	2,349	120	12,109	15,575
Goneaway Tablelands	5,182,219	297			6,545	154	17,844	41	205,329	230,211
Great Sandy	362,412	90	10,641		3,069	15	39,152	12	1,272	54,251
Gympie Block	859,024	4,051	151			43	1,199	131	21,990	27,566
Herbert	222,189	611	14,598	2		16	7,098	759	10,497	33,581
Herberton - Wairuna	661,771	912			2,668	165	3,000	386	19,613	26,744
Hodgkinson Basin	1,607,221	1,966				3,814	460	3	31,387	37,630
Holroyd Plain - Red Plateau	2,208,468	266			149	47	14,538	210	49,556	64,766
Inglewood Sandstones	1,218,793	3,947			208	4	535	42	3,420	8,156
Innisfail	195,917	2,042	9,282	177		13	12,429	36	3,262	27,241
Isaac - Comet Downs	2,693,397	12,546			316	2,014	8,351	1,414	43,627	68,269
Jardine - Pascoe Sandstones	1,451,290	4	40,650		3,600		57,777		4,837	106,869
Jericho	1,486,926	512				104	2,467	42	11,319	14,443
Karumba Plains	1,070,737	44	483,178		1,230	17	25,865	67	6,768	517,170
Kidston	2,929,528	1,440			264	486	3,457	9	67,705	73,362
Kirrama - Hinchinbrook	283,165	1,474	682			< 1	465		1,598	4,220
Kynuna Plateau	2,293,311	561				173	747	64	35,988	37,533
Lake Pure	984,908	4			12,921	11	10,894		725	24,555
Langlo Plains	1,290,484	107				51	7,652		6,852	14,662
Laura Lowlands	1,791,536	88	9,080		124	16	35,349	14	18,907	63,578
Macalister	112,730	442	24				362	39	1,644	2,510
Macintyre - Weir Fan	291,967	9,673			197	621	3,082	827	8,985	23,385
Manifold	79,681	13	8,514	7			7,078	858	4,366	20,836
Marlborough Plains	1,216,837	10,455	125,304	954	593	612	8,847	37,537	17,703	202,005
McArthur	589,190					1	1,428		9,984	11,413
Mitchell - Gilbert Fans	5,262,816	409	7,905		1,619	62	101,970	287	233,790	346,042
Moonie - Barwon Interfluve	689,472	3,396			0	136	364	176	1,603	5,675
Moonie R. - Commoron Creek Floodout	750,659	2,289				44	598	445	1,492	4,867
Moreton Basin	784,969	6,409	82	8		558	3,717	505	12,175	23,453
Mount Isa Inlier	4,641,852	5,716				1,763	73		108,455	116,007
Mount Morgan Ranges	1,275,970	4,340	96		131	2,472	722	250	7,261	15,271
Nandewar Northern Complex	629,398	4,088					71	2	11,788	15,948
Narrandool	16,500	393							7	400
Nebine Plains	1,207,796	64			2,066	74	66,723	1,755	591	71,273
Nebo - Connors Ranges	449,269	172				10	170	33	9,407	9,791
Noccundra Slopes	1,798,759	114			949	2	11,008		15,838	27,911
North Eastern Plains	660,369	263			516	55	1,129	397	11,173	13,534
Northern Bowen Basin	1,316,957	5,284			399	1,143	1,028	71	26,857	34,782
Northern Holroyd Plain	2,464,074	86	1,560		< 1		86,982		14,928	103,557
Northern Uplands	1,147,549	160				22	97		3,865	4,143
Paluma - Seaview	233,751	249				< 1	37		1,568	1,855
Prairie - Torrens Creeks Alluvials	1,580,383	414			900	156	4,807	123	12,751	19,150
Proserpine - Sarina Lowlands	471,784	3,777	39,010	73	13	101	15,234	3,319	9,675	71,201
Scenic Rim	228,692	697				< 1	13	< 1	2,608	3,319
Simpson Desert	1,964,992				32,320		7,602	12	326	40,260
South Burnett	563,866	1,923				145	304	28	3,055	5,455
South Drummond Basin	1,009,244	775			35	270	959	114	9,263	11,417
Southern Downs	4,264,666	3,633			72	1,213	3,152	646	29,022	37,738
Southern Great Barrier Reef	272						< 1			< 1
Southern Wooded Downs	4,720,995	1,978				952	1,707	74	34,511	39,221
Southwestern Downs	3,715,454	576			715	75	11,690	32	44,269	57,358
Southwestern Plateaus & Floodouts	1,333,519	512				33	775		22,216	23,536
Stanthorpe Plateau	137,941	665				8	219	4	3,624	4,521
Starke Coastal Lowlands	513,912	199	19,403		1,686	9	11,310	43	8,458	41,107
Strzelecki Desert	402,443	66			39,695	25	2,733	51	49	42,619
Sturt Stony Desert	5,773,950	299			200,856	288	127,550	125	50,858	379,976
Sunshine Coast - Gold Coast Lowlands	365,498	4,509	22,113	290	522	1,043	31,746	1,476	5,673	67,371
Tara Downs	511,339	1,090				190	759	83	394	2,517
Taroom Downs	652,005	1,013			430	332	2,110	201	7,221	11,307
Tenterfield Plateau	7,456	8							167	175
Thorntonia	779,074	30				8	14		39,633	39,686
Toko Plains	498,425				4,118	< 1	1,600		1,944	7,663
Townsville Plains	768,022	8,967	63,086	2,325	124	1,891	6,221	13,195	35,302	131,112
Tully	138,876	417	20,066		10	10	9,409	112	1,846	31,870
Undara - Toomba Basalts	2,076,208	417			1,128	184	52,115	475	27,404	81,723
Upper Belyando Floodout	466,275	330				180	233	133	966	1,842
Urisino Sandplains	860,249	30			70	1	7,533	84	1,103	8,822
Warrambool - Moonie	573,576	7,459			10	252	1,634	2,076	4,554	15,984
Warrego Plains	2,168,127	577			1,159	121	30,273	213	6,413	38,756
Weipa Plateau	2,875,674	1,205	70,067			151	59,025	248	12,291	142,988
Wellesley Islands	127,711	45	19,907				1,324		4	21,279
Weribone High	966,510	4,935				339	598	275	7,483	13,630
West Balonne Plains	1,991,194	6,671				361	5,625	1,346	1,305	15,308
West Bulloo	2,852,104	485			100	52	14,071	291	18,735	33,735
West Warrego	4,220,623	198			675	100	14,136	177	27,951	43,236
Whitsunday	91,153	56	3,067		2	15	47		96	3,283
Woodenbong	2,846	3								3
Woondoola Plains	2,375,110	638	206		158	180	12,070	92	85,141	98,485
Woorabinda	749,785	239				220	3,769	249	6,261	10,737
Wyarra Hills	397,935	235				135	303	37	5,888	6,598

Note that these totals may be lower than the Queensland totals due to incomplete coverage of biogeographic subregions.

Disclaimer

Areas do not include marine or estuarine waters but do include estuarine wetland vegetation
(e.g. mangroves and tidal flats).

All statistics are approximate and generated based on data transformed to a customised Albers equal-area projection, thus allowing wetland extent change for different regions of Queensland to be comparable.

Areas may change over time as mapping approaches improve.

Totals may not match the sum of individually displayed figures due to the rounding of displayed figures.